Image Processing System, Image Forming Apparatus, and Computer Readable Medium for Execution of a Job in a Shared Space

1. An image processing system comprising: a first processor that is mounted on a first image processing apparatus, the first image processing apparatus being placed in a shared space, and configured to be used by a plurality of users that do not belong to a same organization; a second processor that is mounted on a connection server, the connection server being placed outside the shared space, connected to a local area network of an organization to which at least one of the plurality of users belongs, and configured to connect a virtual private line; a third processor that is mounted on a second image processing apparatus, the second image processing apparatus being connected to the local area network of the organization; and a fourth processor that is mounted on a management server, the management server being placed outside the shared space and the local area network of the organization, and configured to manage connection server connection information used to establish the virtual private line with the connection server of the organization and access information used to access the second image processing apparatus of the organization, wherein the third processor is configured to store, in the second image processing apparatus, a job relating to image processing generated by a user belonging to the organization, the fourth processor is configured to, in response to a connection information acquisition request in which organization identification information is designated being transmitted from the first image processing apparatus, return connection server connection information corresponding to an organization designated in the connection information acquisition request, and the first processor is configured to: in response to a job acquisition instruction including the organization identification information designated by the user, establish, via the virtual private line, connection with a connection server of an organization using the connection server connection information corresponding to the organization and acquired by automatically transmitting, to the management server, the connection information acquisition request including the organization identification information included in the job acquisition instruction, and automatically acquire a job list from the second image processing apparatus after the connection with the connection server via the virtual private line is established; acquire, in response to a job selection instruction by the user to select a job from the job list, the job from the second image processing apparatus of the organization that is accessible using the access information of the organization via the virtual private line; and execute the acquired job with the first image processing apparatus.

2. The image processing system according to claim 1 further comprising: a fifth processor that is mounted on an authentication server connected to the local area network of the organization and configured to authenticate the user belonging to the organization, wherein, in response to an access information acquisition request in which the organization identification information is designated being transmitted from the first image processing apparatus, the fourth processor is configured to return authentication server access information corresponding to an organization designated in the access information acquisition request, the authentication server access information being stored in the management server and being used for accessing the authentication server, and the first processor is configured to: acquire user identification information designated by the user of the first image processing apparatus; acquire the authentication server access information corresponding to the organization by transmitting the access information acquisition request including the organization identification information included in the job acquisition instruction to the management server; and authenticate the user to the authentication server via the virtual private line using the acquired authentication server access information and the user identification information.

3. The image processing system according to claim 2 further comprising: a sixth processor that is mounted on an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus being used by a user that uses the shared space, wherein the sixth processor is configured to register a job generated by the user in the second image processing apparatus.

4. The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the job is a print job, and on-demand print service is provided by transmitting the print job stored in the second image processing apparatus to the first image processing apparatus and executing the print job in the first image processing apparatus.

5. The image processing system according to claim 4, wherein the fourth processor is configured to store, in the management server, access information of the second image processing apparatus serving as a parent device in providing of the on-demand print service, and the first processor is configured to: issue a registration request to the second image processing apparatus of the organization to register the first image processing apparatus as a child device of the second image processing apparatus by using access information corresponding to the organization that is acquired by transmitting, to the management server, an access information acquisition request including the organization identification information designated by the user of the first image processing apparatus; and acquire, after being registered in response to the registration request, the job from the second image processing apparatus via the virtual private line in response to the job acquisition instruction.

6. The image processing system according to claim 5, wherein the fourth processor is configured to: establish, via the virtual private line, connection with the connection server using the connection server connection information; specify the second image processing apparatus serving as the parent device by searching for a local area network to which the connected connection server is connected; acquire access information of the specified second image processing apparatus; and store the acquired access information in the management server.

7. The image processing system according to claim 4, wherein the third processor is configured to register the management server in the second image processing apparatus as a child device in providing of the on-demand print service, and the fourth processor is configured to store, in the management server, access information of the second image processing apparatus serving as a parent device in providing of the on-demand print service.

8. The image processing system according to claim 7, wherein the fourth processor is configured to: associate the first image processing apparatus and the second image processing apparatus by setting the second image processing apparatus corresponding to the organization designated by the user of the first image processing apparatus as the parent device and setting the first image processing apparatus as the child device of the second image processing apparatus; and relay information exchange between the first image processing apparatus and the second image processing apparatus.

9. The image processing system according to claim 8, wherein the first processor is configured to acquire the job from the second image processing apparatus via the management server in a case where both connection between the first image processing apparatus and the management server and connection between the management server and the connection server of the organization corresponding to the organization identification information included in the job acquisition instruction are established via a common virtual private line.

10. An image forming apparatus, that is placed in a shared space and is configured to be used by a plurality of users that do not belong to a same organization, provided in an information processing system comprising: a connection server that is placed outside the shared space, connected to a local area network of an organization to which at least one of the plurality of users belongs, and configured to connect a virtual private line; a first image processing apparatus that is connected to the local area network of the organization; and a management server that is placed outside the shared space and the local area network of the organization, and configured to manage connection server connection information used to establish the virtual private line with the connection server of the organization and access information used to access a second image processing apparatus of the organization, the image forming apparatus comprising: a processor configured to: in response to a job acquisition instruction including organization identification information designated by the user, establish, via the virtual private line, connection with a connection server of an organization using the connection server connection information corresponding to the organization that is acquired by automatically sending, to the management server, a connection information acquisition request including the organization identification information included in the job acquisition instruction, and automatically acquire a job list from the second image processing apparatus after the connection with the connection server via the virtual private line is established; acquire, in response to a job selection instruction by the user to select a job from the job list, the job from the first image processing apparatus of the organization that is accessible using the access information of the organization via the virtual private line; and execute the acquired job.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing to execute: a first process, by a first computer; a second process, by a second computer; and a third process, by a third computer, wherein the first process, the second process and the third processing are executed in an image processing system comprising: a first image processing apparatus that includes the third computer, is placed in a shared space, and is configured to be used by a plurality of users that do not belong to a same organization, a connection server that is placed outside the shared space, is connected to a local area network of an organization to which at least one of the plurality of users belongs, and is configured to connect a virtual private line, a second image processing apparatus that includes the first computer and that is connected to the local area network of the organization, and a management server that includes the second computer, is placed outside the shared space and the local area network of the organization, and is configured to manage connection server connection information used to establish the virtual private line with the connection server of the organization and access information used to access the second image processing apparatus of the organization, the first process includes storing a job relating to image processing that is generated by a user belonging to the organization, the second process includes returning, in response to a connection information acquisition request in which organization identification information is designated being transmitted from the first image processing apparatus, connection server connection information corresponding to an organization specified in the connection information acquisition request, and the third process includes: in response to a job acquisition instruction including the organization identification information designated by the user, establishing, via the virtual private line, connection with the connection server of the organization using the connection server connection information corresponding to the organization that is acquired by automatically transmitting, to the management server, the connection information acquisition request including the organization identification information included in the job acquisition instruction, and automatically acquiring a job list from the second image processing apparatus after the connection with the connection server via the virtual private line is established; acquiring, in response to a job selection instruction by the user to select a job from the job list, the job from the second image processing apparatus of the organization that is accessible using the access information of the organization; and executing the acquired job.